The 4 of us (46, 40, 5 & 1) stayed for 4 nights at Luca's Sky Villa apartment in Sathorn, Bangkok.
First of all: The view of the apartment. Being located on the 26th floor overlooking what felt like the whole of Bangkok was absolutely stunning. Who needs hundreds of TV channels (yes, they are all there) when you can look at the illuminated skyline of such a metropole via room-high windows. Amazing, to say the least.
Upon our arrival we were expected by Teddy who gave us a warm-hearted welcome and a great introduction to the place and its surroundings (Teddy even acted as our telephone joker once when we were stuck with a taxi driver and English was not an option).
The apartment was in pristine condition, and after having spent 6 weeks travelling with our 2 kids mostly sharing bedrooms it was an absolute joy to have so much space to move around and privacy for everyone when needed. The kids even had their own private bathrom... The Aircon is also worth a mention, since it is rather quiet and also is not directly "in your face".
Obviously, we spent at least 2-3 times per day at the swimming pool on the 7th floor which is part of the Ascott Hotel. It was perfect for us since it has a seperate pool for kids, and it gets quite breezy which is a plus after you've roamed the sticky and sweaty streets of Bangkok.
Just a few lines regarding the restaurants in the Ascott: Aldo's is an Italian restaurant serving very good dishes (I wasn't too keen on trying out a hotel's restaurant at first when you have the Thai cuisine all around, but the kids do need a pizza every now and then). For whatever reason I ended up ordering a Burger, and was greatly surprised by its quality and taste.
We even tried out the Japanese restaurant Nanjya Monjya on the Ground Floor, and were again pleasantly surprised by both food and service (now I know that there is also a Japanese Pizza).
In case we'll ever come back to Bangkok, we'll first check whether Luca's Sky Villa apartment is still around...